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Tuesday, 13 August 2013

The Great British Craft Festival

On Saturday I went to my very first craft festival at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire - The Great British Craft Festival, hosted by Hunkydory Crafts. It was a great day out away from being a mum! I attended a couple of make and take sessions, which were a nice break from wandering around all the stalls. This is the first card I have made using some of the goodies from the show (plus some I already had).Sentiment and picture - Hunkydory Crafts Christmas Cuties 'Fun in the snow' (this collection was the show free gift & not yet available to buy)Twine - Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas, TraditionalPegs - Helz Cuppleditch Special Delivery Mini PegsSnowfall acetate - Hunkydory CraftsFirst I cut an A5 size card from 12x12 red textured card stock and decided where I wanted my aperture, which I cut using Fiskars Shapecutter. Then I glued the snowball scene picture on the inside of the card to show through the aperture.Next I cut a larger circle from snowfall acetate and glued it to the underside of the aperture to create a window. To give a nice edge to the window, I plaited all three twine colours and made a bow at the bottom. I set three green eyelets in the top left corner of the card, threaded doubled-up green twine through these and knotted the ends to hold. I took one length across the top and one length down the left side and glued the ends at the back. To hold the sentiment card, I attached two mini pegs to the twine and glued them down. For the finishing touches to the front of the card I added a few outline sticker snowflakes. To finish the inside I cut a shape from white card, inked the edge with a silver marker and glued it next to the picture. This is the area to write on as the red textured card doesn't make the best writing surface.I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:1. Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes2. My Time To Craft - #231 Aperture

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